Lauren Linn is sharing her love of dragonflies and their transformative power through the Pink Chair Project, a new initiative presented by Jupiter Medical Center and the Margaret W. Niedland Breast Center to raise awareness about breast cancer and breast health.(Photo11: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY PANTELIDESPR.COM)

And they became even more important four years ago - when she was diagnosed with breast cancer.

'Dragonflies are powerful'

“Dragonflies are powerful,” said Linn, a 52-year-old single mom who lives in Jupiter.

“They can fly in six different directions with power and poise, and they’re symbolic of transformation," she says.

"When I was going through my treatment, I saw a lot of dragon flies, and I feel like I was transformed as well.”

Linn is sharing her love of dragonflies and their transformative power through the Pink Chair Project, a new initiative presented by Jupiter Medical Center and the Margaret W. Niedland Breast Center.

It's an initiative designed to raise awareness about breast cancer and breast health.

30 chairs

She is among a group of breast cancer survivors and patients the hospital invited to decorate chairs themselves or with help from volunteer artists in themes that represent their personal source of inspiration for recovery.

Thirty chairs will be displayed in locations in West Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens and Jupiter during October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

At least two of the locations will show multiple chairs. Linn’s chair, as well as several others from the project, will be at Bloomingdale’s department store in The Gardens Mall.

“Dragonflies are powerful,” says Lauren Linn, a 52-year-old single mom who lives in Jupiter. “They can fly in six different directions with power and poise, and they’re symbolic of transformation. Linn chose dragonflies as the subject for her Pink Chair.(Photo11: CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY PANTELIDESPR.COM)

'An honor to be part of this project'

'“I’m so excited to have my chair on display in Bloomingdales,” she said.

“It’s such an honor to be part of this project. I appreciate all that it symbolizes for participants and for breast cancer awareness.”

Like each cancer patient, all the chairs are unique in color and design.

Linn’s chair is whitewash teal – blue is her favorite color – and features a beige cushion embroidered with a beautiful blue dragonfly. Delicate replicas of the mystical insect are perched on the arm and back of the chair, which also is inscribed with the words that delineate its transcendent traits: adaptability, joy, change, poise, wisdom, power, maturity, transformation and illumination.

Her spirit animal

“If I’m going through something or praying about something, a dragonfly will appear at some point, it’s like my spirit animal,” she said. “That connection became even stronger when I was diagnosed with breast cancer.”

Linn hopes her story will inspire others facing breast cancer, and that it will encourage women to take care of themselves.

“Get your mammograms,” she says.

“If you are faced with this diagnosis, find the women that have already blazed this trail – those are the women who can relate the best and know exactly how you feel and what you are going through.